The conquering of North America: dated phylogenetic and biogeographic inference of migratory behavior in bee hummingbirds.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographical and temporal patterns of diversification in bee hummingbirds (Mellisugini) were assessed with respect to the evolution of migration, critical for colonization of North America. We generated a dated multilocus phylogeny of the Mellisugini based on a dense sampling using Bayesian inference, maximum-likelihood and maximum parsimony methods, and reconstructed the ancestral states of distributional areas in a Bayesian framework and migratory behavior using maximum parsimony, maximum-likelihood and re-rooting methods.

Results

All phylogenetic analyses confirmed monophyly of the Mellisugini and the inclusion of Atthis, Calothorax, Doricha, Eulidia, Mellisuga, Microstilbon, Myrmia, Tilmatura, and Thaumastura. Mellisugini consists of two clades: (1) South Amer

SUBMITTER: Licona-Vera Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5460336 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature